1300 Unopened Fry's Rebate Forms Found In Dumpster

blackmonday writes "The Consumerist is reporting a find of 1,300 unopened rebate submissions in a dumpster belonging to Vastech, a rebate processor hired by Fry's Electronics. Vastech's management blames it on a bad employee."

Fry's Merely Chose the Wrong Company

[eldavojohn]

Excerpt from the enclosed rebates:

Congratulations on the purchase of your new Intel Core 2 Duo! To apply to recieve your $100.00 rebate in 6 to 8 weeks, please enclose your original reciept, this completed form & the original UPC from the product in a self addressed stamped envelope and send it to:

INTEL CORE 2 DUO REBATE OFFER LONG NAMED CLEARINGHOUSE PLACE
c/o Vastech
888 Bestgate Road
Suite # The Dumpster Behind Denny's
Annapolis, MD 21401

Yeah, be sure to check the address on those things. Also, I believe the Vatican uses Vastech to handle all their "Children's Letters to God" mail.

So that's why

[thrashee]

So that's why it takes so long to get rebates back! And here I was blaming the post office.

Re:Maybe you should have done a fucking search of

[you-nix-boy]

Oh good! A member of the Fry's customer service team has joined the discussion!

Re:Bad employee

[Anonymous Coward]

There was SUCH a long line at the shredder that day. I really needed to get down to the pub for a few pints.

I always treat rebates as chance to win.

[netsavior]

Buy this RAM and you have a chance to win 50 dollars by mail!

Price comparison should always be done while ignoring rebates.

Toothpaste for dinner....

[dashslotter]

...so called it: http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/040606/computer -rebate.gif [toothpastefordinner.com]

Can't be.

[rk]

He was far too polite for that.

Re:Smackdown

[JohnnyGTO]

Dang I was going to do the no soup thing.... awww I never get to have fun!

Grammar Nazi in the House

[The Monster]

If this is related then Frys must of caught onto the scheme.

Please stop killing English.

Re:Can't be.

[ackthpt]

Join the team [wap.org]

Re:I'll bet...

[sricetx]

"1300 Unopened Liberty Mutual Insurance Payments Found In Dumpster." It would be from 1300 people who had filed big insurance claims, of course, so the company could get out of paying the claims by arguing the customers hadn't paid their premiums. Never trust an insurance company, all of them are crooks.

Re:That's the reason

[NotPeteMcCabe]

No offense, but if you have to add up your "how much" field, you may want to get a new spreadsheet.

Re:Me too!

[Tiny Fist]

(shakes tiny fist)

Cut it out.

Re:So that's why

[Joebert]

Well, if they'd have kept their mouth shut it could have been assumed that a new postal employee just wasn't familiar with what a mailbox looks like, or a genius.

Re:Smackdown

[JohnnyGTO]

Oh Cool! BAD Employee, NO SOUP for YOU!!!

Re:Fry's Merely Chose the Wrong Company

[hpotterjr]

WOW! I guess the dumpster was full of frys.

Re:Fry's Merely Chose the Wrong Company

[Anonymous Coward]

To shreds you say?

Re:Rebates are a scam

[Blakey Rat]

In my country, Denmark, it is indeed illegal. From what I understand, I am glad it is so.

Did I mention that we have never had your problem with telemarketing either? Or that email and SMS spam is strictly illegal and swiftly and harshly prosecuted?

Or that we actually have an efficient and respected state department which looks after consumer rights in cases like deceptive marketing and defective products?

Also, due to clever science, the weather is never bad in Denmark, and delicious apples grow from lampposts. (Needless to say, the lamps never burn out as well!) And robots rise from the ground every thursday and wash our cars for free!

(Christ, get over yourself, Denmarkians.)

Re:Class Action, anyone?

[rts008]

Yes, and they will taunt you again.

Perhaps we could build a large wooden badger.....

Re:Gullible is no longer in the dictionary

[StikyPad]

Oh man.. there's a vas deferens [google.com] between rebates and surgery.

Re:Fry's Merely Chose the Wrong Company

[slashbob22]

To shreds you say?

Well, how is Vastech holding up?

To Shreds you say?

Re:Fry's Merely Chose the Wrong Company

[spun]

I'm not an animal to be trained to jump through hoops, thank you very little.

Not yet married, eh?

Re:Fry's Merely Chose the Wrong Company

[Anonymous Coward]

Not yet married, eh?

Dude, he's posting on Slashdot. What do you think?